Hame attachment.



No. 729,742. PATENTD JUNE 2, 1903. 'f

' P.H. DU BOIS.

HAME ATTACHMENT.

APPLIGATLON'HLBD JUNE 24, 1901.

No MODEL.`

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UNITED STATES Patented :rune 2, 1903.

PHILIP II. DU BOIs, OE WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

HAM E ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming* part of Letters Patent NO. 729,742, dated June 2,1903.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1901. Serial No. 65,849. (No model.)

To all whom imag concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. DU BOIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterloo, in the'county of Douglas and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and Vuseful I-Iame Attachment, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hame attachments.

The obj ect of the present invention is to provide a simple andcomparatively inexpensive attachment for llames designed to Vdispensewith the use of an ordinary horse-collar and adapted to be readilyapplied to llames of the ordinary construction and capable of adjustmentto adapt the hames to the neck of the animal to which they are applied.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective vlew of a pair of hamesconstructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2is a rear elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View illustrating themanner of securing the side pads to the harnes. Fig. 4 is a detail viewillustrating the construction of the adjustable connection to whichthetop pad is pivoted. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of thehame-fastener.

Like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlugs.

' 1 1 designate side pads provided with upper and lower straps 2 and 3and arranged at the inner and rear faces of a pair of hames 4 andadapted to itagainst the shoulders of a horse or other animal to takethe place of an ordinary horse-collar. The upper and lower straps, whichare provided with suitable buckles, encircle the hames and secure thepads to the same, and the said pads may be constructed of any suitablematerial, as will be readily understood. The llames are detachablysecured together at ,their lower ends by a haine-fastener 5, and theyare secured near their upper ends by straps G to an adjustableconnecting device composed of two approximately L`shaped sections '7,having upright arms 8 and approximately horizontal arms 9. The uprightarms 8 are provided at opposite sides with fianges 10, receivin g theupper portions of the haines and having slots 11, through which pass thestraps 6, which secure the sections 7 to the harnes. The upper arms 9are provided with side iianges 12, having perforations 13, adapted toreceivea transverse fastening device 14, whereby the sections are adjustablyconnected. The arm of one section ts between the flanges of thearm of the other section, and the transverse hame-strap 15, whichconnects the upper ends of the hames, is received be tween the sideiianges l2 and is held by the same out of contact with a top pad 16,which is pivotally connected to the lower ends of the upright arms 8 ofthe sections 7. By adjusting the upper arms of the sections on eachother the distance between the hames may be increased and diminished andthe said hames may be readily arranged Ato fit animals of differentsizes.

The toppad 16, which is arched, is connected at its ends to the arms 8by rivets 17 or other suitable pivots, and it is adapted to rest uponthe neck of an animal, and the pivotal movement will permit the hames toyield to horse motion without causing the top pad to rub the neck of theanimal.

The haine-fastener, which is` adapted to be Aused on different portionsof a harness for a snap-hook, consists of a hooklS, having a shank 19and a springs actuated plate 20, mounted on the shankaud adapted toclose the mouthof the hook. The shank is recessed to receive a spring21, which is retained in therecess by a plate 22 and by the said plate20, which is slotted, as indicated in Fig. 6. The stationary plate 22 issecured to the shank of the hook by fastening devices 23,.

which also fasten a metal strap 24. to the device. The movable'plate isprovided with a transverse portion 25, located between its ends andengaged by the coiled spring 21, which holds the outer end of the slidenormally in contact with thebill of the hook. The

metal strap is doubled orbent at its center to.

form two sides and to provide a bend `or loop which is linked into theloop at the lower end of one of the hames, and the hook 18 engages theloop of the other llame. The strap 24 may also be supported by atransverse piece IOC 26, arranged as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of theaccompanying drawings.

It will be seen that the hame attachment is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to take the place of anordinary-horse-collar, and that the pivotally-monnted top pad willprevent the neck of a horse or other animal from becoming chafed.

What I claim is- The combination with a pair of hames, of an attachmentcomprising a pair of laterallyflanged hame -engaging plates provided attheir upper ends with vertically-flanged eX- tensions, adjustably nestedtogether and pro-

